| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 44 | 89 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 44 | 80 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 42 | 75 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 20 | ||||
| 4 | 43 | 72 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 44 | 66 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 6 | 43 | 62 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 29 | ||||
| 7 | Barnsley | 45 | 62 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 44 | 61 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 41 | 59 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 10 | 43 | 56 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 24 | ||||
| 11 | Oldham Athletic | 43 | 56 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 12 | 41 | 55 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 25 | ||||
| 13 | Fleetwood Town | 40 | 54 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 14 | 39 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 26 | ||||
| 15 | Walsall | 41 | 49 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 43 | 49 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 38 | |||
| 17 | Notts. County | 43 | 49 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 39 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 43 | 47 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 20 | 41 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 44 | ||||
| 21 | Coventry City | 41 | 46 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Crawley Town | 40 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 41 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 24 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 32 | ||||